Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 144 92 Blocked a knife for a friend
If the Cavendish Laboratory is regarded as an empire that brings together countless physicists, then Old Thomson, the former director of the laboratory, is equivalent to the emperor of this country.

It's just that there are many kinds of emperors. Old Thomson can only be regarded as Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, not as Qing Gaozong Hongli.

Although he is respected, he has very little power in his hands.

Five years ago, when Rutherford took over the Cavendish Laboratory, he had already explained everything clearly to his teacher, Old Thomson.

As director, Rutherford said that he was responsible for everything in the entire laboratory, and no one, even old Thomson, could interfere casually.

However, in order to show his respect for the teacher, Rutherford also specially set aside several laboratories in the laboratory for Old Thomson to use for his usual experiments here.

Now, when the problem came to Chen Muwu, old Thomson came to him personally, but he was too embarrassed to directly refuse in person.

And Chen Muwu thought of another thing.

If I can really help him now, then in a month or two, Zhao Zhongyao and Shi Ruwei will come to Cambridge from China, then based on the merits this time, will Old Thomson also be able to take care of him? Where are they both admitted to Trinity College?
"Uh, sir, have you brought this student's information? If you have, please give me a copy. I will go to Director Rutherford to talk about it."

Old Thomson grinned, and the glasses on his nose were raised a bit by the muscles on his face: "Chen, I knew that you would not reject me!"

Seeing that the purpose of this trip has been achieved, Old Thomson re-hanged the gold medal in his hand on the nail on the wall, and then stood up from the sofa: "I will send you the materials about this student later. He is a top student at Harvard University in the United States. According to Professor Bridgeman who wrote him a recommendation letter, he also has a smart brain. I believe that if you let him stay with you, you will be able to make those weird theories Research may also be of great help."

Bridgeman is also an old acquaintance of Chen Muwu, and Ye Qisun is his Ph.D., and the two met once at the Solvay Conference in Brussels, Belgium in April this year.

Rutherford also attended that meeting. Since he recommended students, why didn't his teachers accept them?
Chen Muwu not only couldn't figure out this question, he also couldn't figure out whether the old director's last sentence was a compliment or scolding himself.

His recent theoretical research, which was called "doing nothing" by Rutherford, became "weird" when it came to old Thomson. This is both funny and helpless.

Seeing that Old Thomson had the intention of leaving, Chen Muwu also got up and walked out of his room with him.

Chen Muwu left the college, found a small restaurant nearby, took a bite out of it, and then went back to his room. He didn't finish reading all the letters he had received in the past 40 days until it was time to light the lights. And finish replying.

The next morning, before leaving Trinity College to go to the Cavendish Laboratory, the dean in traditional attire stopped Chen Muwu again.

"Dr. Chen, this is the information that the dean asked me to pass on to you."

Walking on the road, Chen Muwu opened the large envelope and took out the student files inside.

The first thing that came into view was, of course, the black and white photo posted in the corner, with a pair of energetic eyes on the clear face, and he looked quite upright.

Chen Muwu looked across the photo again, looking at the text column on the left.

Julius Robert O...

Oppenheimer!

Although it was more than 20 years before he ignited the first atomic bomb in human history named "Skinny Man" in the desert of New Mexico, in Chen Muwu's brain, Oppenheimer ignited another one first. .

The current Chen Muwu really felt the butterfly effect brought about by his time travel for the first time.

During the last journey from Trinity College to Cavendish Laboratory, Chen Muwu unconsciously slowed down his pace very slowly, and he sorted out the ins and outs of this matter in his brain.

Chen Muwu believes that although he took away the achievements of Compton from the University of Chicago, his influence on the United States should still be very limited.

So whether Oppenheimer graduated from Harvard University or came to Cambridge University, it should all follow the original trend of history and have nothing to do with his time travel.

It seems that the problem should be with Blackett, a good friend I met after I came to Cambridge.

After meeting the talented Chen Muwu at Cambridge University, although Blackett was dull on the surface, he was motivated in his studies because he refused to admit defeat in his heart.

Coupled with Chen Muwu's shot last year, Blackett found evidence of nuclear transmutation and the first isotope of oxygen in thousands of cloud chamber photos a year earlier than originally planned. , oxygen seventeen.

These achievements allowed Blackett to receive the Moseley Scholarship a year earlier than before, and went to the University of Göttingen to continue his studies.

Although he left just like that, after he left, the rookie Oppenheimer, who was originally assigned to Blackett by old Thomson, now became Chen Muwu's subordinate.

It looked like Chen Muwu blocked Blackett's knife.

Fear was Chen Muwu's first reaction.

In the original time and space, Oppenheimer was aggrieved because of his life in the laboratory, but gave his second boss Blackett a poisoned apple soaked in cyanide.

Although Chen Muwu planned to never take a bite of an apple from now on, it didn't mean that Oppenheimer had no other way to deal with him.

So it seems that this neurotic patient must be allowed to spend his time in Cambridge happily.

Where did old Thomson send himself a student?It's like sending an uncle who needs to be waited on.

Chen Muwu didn't know whether this matter was worry or joy.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of Cavendish Laboratory, Chen Muwu took this Oppenheimer student file up the iron stairs to the second floor, and knocked on the door of teacher Rutherford's office.

"Director," Chen Muwu cut straight to the point after he was allowed to enter the office, "Sir Thomson found me yesterday and said he wanted to arrange a student for me."

"Well, I know about it, the American from Harvard, don't you?"

Obviously, Rutherford already knew that there was such a person as Oppenheimer.

"Yes, teacher."

"I read the recommendation letter written by Professor Bridgeman, and he said in the letter that this student was very awkward in the laboratory, and theoretical physics was his strong point.

"What's the use of having such a student in our Cavendish laboratory? He should go to Einstein's Berlin, or Bohr's Copenhagen."

Rutherford suddenly realized that he was a little harsh, so he hurried back to make amends.

"Chen, of course, I just said that this American from Harvard is not mocking you. A genius like you should stay in our Cavendish Laboratory, and should not be removed anywhere else!"

"Director, you and Sir Thomson, as well as other professors and colleagues in the laboratory, have treated me very well. Of course, I will not go anywhere."

Rutherford rubbed his temples with his fingers: "In other words, after being rejected by me, this American found the old director again, right?"

Chen Muwu nodded.

"His network is really wide enough! Chen, I know you have no choice but to come to me to talk about this matter because of the old director's face, right? It doesn't matter, I will come forward this time, and I will go and talk to you. The teacher said, I don't want this student, it has nothing to do with you."

Rutherford saw that his proud disciple in front of him was struggling, so he decided to come forward to help him solve his problems.

But Chen Muwu didn't accept this kind of favor. Since he had already promised old Thomson in advance, he would never go back on his word at this moment: "Teacher, at such an old age, the old director came to me personally to talk about this matter, please don't let me go." He is too embarrassed. Since I am now a staff member of the Cavendish Laboratory, it is only natural to accept a few students."

Hearing that Chen Muwu actually rejected the matter of being rejected by him for him, Rutherford's hand striking the match stayed in the air, turned his head with a pipe in his mouth and asked him, "Chen, what did you say?"

He finally lit the match in his hand and lit the pipe: "That's right, your theoretical level is also very high, and it's just right to put this American under your command. But I only ask for one thing, that is, after you Can't use this student as an excuse to study theoretical issues openly.

Rutherford took a deep breath, then exhaled a long smoke ring, and complained with enjoyment: "I don't know, he didn't want to do experiments in a school as rich as Harvard University, how did he come to Cambridge?" Afterwards, but they just kept their eyes on our moneyless Cavendish laboratory?"

"Director, maybe...we will have money soon."

Chen Muwu told Rutherford in detail how he met the Duke of York at the British Embassy in France after the Paris Olympics, and at the same time watched his teacher's face become more and more exaggerated .

At the end, Rutherford simply stood up from the chair and walked in front of him: "Chen, you mean, you just had a meal with the Duke of York, and you brought it to the Cavendish Laboratory A sum of £[-] a year?"

Chen Muwu nodded: "Yes, teacher, the royal family has contacted Sir Thomson a few days ago, and it is estimated that the formalities for this money should be completed in a short time."

"Chen, you are really, you are really... oh!"

Rutherford was so excited that he spoke incoherently, sometimes nodded, sometimes shook his head, and finally patted Chen Muwu's shoulder heavily.

"Chen, you have really helped the entire Cavendish Laboratory, I, I really don't know how to thank you!"

　Thank you for your rewards, monthly tickets and recommended tickets!grateful!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)